good friday morning to you, it is christmas eve eve. i m jim sciutto. let s begin with the massive winter storm slamming the u.s. with dangerously low temperatures, record-breaking wind chills and heavy snow, only becoming stronger today. the storm stretching from the canadian border to the mexican border is expected to become what s known as a bomb cyclone as it moves into the great lakes today with intense pressures matching that of a category 2 hurricane. right now across the country hundreds of thousands are without power, travel plans upended for many going into the holiday weekend. more than 3,100 flights canceled already today. dozens of governors creating emergency response plans heading into this holiday weekend including opening temporary warming shelters just to get people out of the cold. i will speak with one of those governors, kentucky s andy beshear in just a moment. let s get to our team covering what s being called a once in a generation storm. we begin in u
Drone. Good evening, we begin tonight with breaking news. Authorities revealing moments ago, the death toll in houston rising. A 6yearold boy, his body discovered. His mother was calling for help as their home was being washed away. And that image playing out on live tv the officer airlifted to safety. And the monster traffic jam, officials removing part of the divider. Rob marciano with the storms hitting this weekend. But first matt gutman with late word from authorities. Reporter todays deluge grinding texas and the plains to a halt. In dallas the emergency calls flooding in. Scanner traffic buzzing. I have another vehicle stranded in high water. Reporter rescuers sounding overwhelmed. We just got two people off a car. Theres two more. Were being blocked by high water everywhere we go. Reporter and even rescuers needing rescue, this Police Lieutenants car suddenly engulfed. Rescuers couldnt get to him, concerned his cruiser might wash away. A Police Chopper drops this lifeline and p
Drone. Good evening, we begin tonight with breaking news. Authorities revealing moments ago, the death toll in houston rising. A 6yearold boy, his body discovered. His mother was calling for help as their home was being washed away. And that image playing out on live tv the officer airlifted to safety. And the monster traffic jam, officials removing part of the divider. Rob marciano with the storms hitting this weekend. But first matt gutman with late word from authorities. Reporter todays deluge grinding texas and the plains to a halt. In dallas the emergency calls flooding in. Scanner traffic buzzing. I have another vehicle stranded in high water. Reporter rescuers sounding overwhelmed. We just got two people off a car. Theres two more. Were being blocked by high water everywhere we go. Reporter and even rescuers needing rescue, this Police Lieutenants car suddenly engulfed. Rescuers couldnt get to him, concerned his cruiser might wash away. A Police Chopper drops this lifeline and p
Allentown, 68. Reading closing in on 70. Trenton, 66 and on the boards in Atlantic City a much cooler temperature i should say of 61. Youre expecting cooler highs as well. Thanks to a sea breeze. Winds will pick up on the sand. Youll get sandblasted if youre trying to layout today. Heres satellite and radar, for the most part were clear but we have a little bit of cloud cover out there patchy haze, a little bit of fog start to build across cumberland and cape may counties. Phillies taking on the rockies. Citizens bank park, 3 05 start time. Its going to be breezy and sticky. 87 degrees by the first pitch were anticipating a high of 88, 89. The 9th inning, 85. Decrease, you factor in the humidity it will feel warm than what youre actually seeing here. Theres a check of the forecast for now, when i come back were tracking rain in the delaware valley. Police troopers have been injured in a crash their cruiser ran into the woods in freehold monmouth county. They were rushed to the hospital
Right, its warm and sticky. Pottstown 69 degrees at this hour. Coatsville 66. Saint davids, 66. Ken net square, 66. Over the river we go into south jersey were seeing temperatures around 66. Cinnaminson, browns mills ewing gandys beach 67. Buena, muggy 68 degrees this morning where we had fog earlier on, a lot of that is beginning to lift. Still haze left over, once the clouds begin to pull away well see sunshine later this afternoon. That will help to get the temperatures up into the upper 80s, the forecast goes like this, lots of sunshine, mixed with clouds from time to time. 83 degrees by lunchtime. 3 00 p. M. , 87. 6 00 p. M. , 85. What youre not seeing there is how high the humidity will be. 88 degrees, thats the forecasted high. It will feel like 90 with all the humidity. Sun sets at 8 22. The humidity sticks around through the duration of the weekend, as a matter of fact it peeks peaks on monday. Thunderstorms are possible late sunday afternoon into the evening. Heavy downpours